US supreme court upholds law to count mail-in ballots arriving after election day

The Supreme Court upheld mail-in ballot counting rules today, allowing ballots to be counted if they arrive within five business days of election day, provided they were postmarked by that date. The Republican National Committee challenged this Mississippi law, but the Court ruled against them. According to The Guardian, the decision affects more than a dozen states with similar provisions and comes amid broader Supreme Court rulings on voting rights this term.

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